The BBC reports that Sandrine Helene Sellies has an acute fear of flying, and on a long flight from Hong Kong to Brisbane, resorted to a traditional Gallic remedy â sleeping tablets washed down with alcohol.

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Presumably the bench looked kindly on Selliesâ defense â her brief said the hapless Madame had no memory whatsoever of the incident. Weâre pretty sure a couple of hundred other passengers are wishing they could erase the incident from their memories too.